个人简历

Prof. Tao is Chair Professor of Textile Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2002. Currently she holds the Vincent and Lily Woo Endowed Professorship in Textile Technology generously supported by the Vincent and Lily Woo Trust. She obtained a BEng in textile engineering from East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology with a 1st class prize; and a PhD in textile physics from University of New South Wales in Australia. Prof. Tao is former World President from 2007 to 2010, an elected Fellow of the Textile Institute, elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineering and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Design and Commercial Applications, UK. Prof. Tao is Editor-in-Chief for Handbook of Smart Textiles by Springer and serves on Editorial Board of more than 10 key academic journals of the field.\r
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Prof. Tao was the Head of Institute of Textiles and Clothing from 2003 to 2011. During this period of time, she guided the Institute in its endeavor to become one of the leading fashion and textile departments in the world. She founded the Nanotechnology Centre for Functional and Intelligent Textile and Apparel. By working closely with the industry, Prof. Tao successfully led the PolyU team to win an ITF grant of over HK$330 million for hosting Hong Kong Research Centre for Textiles and Clothing, the largest single research grant that the University has ever received. As Principal Investigator, she has successfully attracted research grants over 154 million Hong Kong dollars in the last 20 years.

研究领域

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近期论文

Tao XM*, 2020. Liquid metal gives transmission lines a softer touch, Nature Electronics, 3, 300-301.\r
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Yan W, Dong C, Xiang Y, Jiang S, Leber A, Loke G, Xu W, Hou C, Zhou S, Chen M, Hu R, Shum PP, Wei L, Jia X, Sorin F, Tao XM, Tao GM, 2020. Thermally drawn advanced functional fibers: New frontier of flexible electronics, Materials Today, 35, 168-194.\r
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Shi JD, Liu S, Zhang L, Yang B, Shu L, Yang Y, Ren M, Wang Y, Chen JW, Chen W, Chai Y, Tao XM*, 2020. Smart textile-integrated Microelectronic systems for wearable applications, Advanced Materials, 32(5): 1091958.\r
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Yin R, Yang B, Ding XJ, Liu S, Zeng W, Yang S, Li J and Tao XM*, 2020. Wireless Multi-Stimulus-Responsive Fabric-based Actuators for Soft Robotic, Human-Machine Interactive and Wearable Applications\